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Is Hollymead, VA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Hollymead, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Hollymead has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

Acsa Urban Area, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Hollymead’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Hollymead

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Virginia certifies.

The 3 labs Virginia certifies closest to Hollymead, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Aqua-Air Lab Inc.

    Charlottesville, VA · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (434) 295-1716

  • Environmental Systems Service, LTD.- Culpeper

    Culpeper, VA · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (540) 825-6660

  • VDACS RAHL Harrisonburg

    Harrisonburg, VA · about 34 miles

    Certified for bacteria

Virginia Household Water Quality Program, Virginia Cooperative Extension: Drinking water clinics in about 70 counties a year, run through local Extension offices: pick up a kit, collect the sample on the set day, and drop it off locally. Each kit tests well, spring or cistern water for 28 things, including bacteria, nitrate, lead and arsenic. $70 a kit, with funding to help if you need it. Virginia Household Water Quality Program.

All 145 certified labs for Virginia

ZIP codes in Hollymead

Which ZIP codes are in Hollymead: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: DCLS, drinking water laboratories with certification detail; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Hollymead

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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